Mohave County miner., 1887-12-31
Christina. With Chloriaer..
MxERAL PARK, ARIz., ,

| Christmas, 1857.
The sixty-fve foot contract in the
Rural shaft has been completed and Mr..
Christie is now running his drifts prepar-
atory TO stoping. The mine is making q
large quantity Of water and 1t looks as
though to 90 deeper would require a
pump.
/ Jas. Twiggs threw mp his shaft sinking
contract on the keystone, but nothing
daunted, supt. sperr Immediately put on
three eight-hour shifts at "a per diem and
is driving 1t down. 70 f5tss@
The c. 0. d. mine has had considerable
trouble with its pumps. During the late
cold snap the feed pumps to the boiler
froze up and bursted when started; while
on the night previous the pumps in the
mine broke parts which cannot be re-
placed short OF San Francisco Engineer
Brown came over TO the Connor mine
and secured the loan Of feed pump from
the A. N. M. Co., which will enable them
to pull ont the water with the hoisting
works; otherwise all hands would have
had to lay of, and no telling what dam
age might occur by allowing the mine to
food.
i The Minnesota mine has been drained
and report says there il fine ore in the
bottom, also in the south stope. Life is
short--why not work it?
o'Brien and Bishop are working the
! assessment on the Bullet mine, and have
enough lead out TO supply the Union
Metallic Cartridge Co. for long time.
Il Twiggs & Campbell have taken a years
lease on the Vanderbilt gold mine, close
to the Flores. This is mine which has
produced considerable rich ore, and why
it has remained idle is a mystery, as there
is considerable ore in sight and many
: parties have been refused lease.
But for the recent cold spell j. j..
Goshorn would have had another car
load ready for Argo.
d. w. Grant Is lucky and happy. He
has his deed for the Elkhart property
and took the pay for the same out in one
shipment, single-handed and alone, and
has more than ever in sight, with two
loads awaiting Beecher's teams. -..
Wilbur +. brakeman has resigned as
engineer at the Flores and IL again dig
ging on the schoolkill, with brighter
prospects than heretofore.
"Frenchy" Labrosse has a car load OF
schoolkill ore, for which he is awaiting
transportation.
Thos. f. Finnegan has thrown down
the pick and shovel and opened up
Christie's saloon. Tom has been a hard
worker among US and the boys turned
out en- masse and painted his house a
deep carnine, and it bids fair to receive
a good many coats.
III. $. Carpenter has force doing the
assessment on the Wallapai Chief and
Rather mines, while Steve Smith and
John Buckley are doing solid 800 worth
on the Silver Hill.
Eugene and Fred Rogers have pur
chased Barney McCall's interest in the
Niger Baby and are rustiing for car
load early in January, 1888. Ore from
this mine is very rich and very scarce.
Messrs. Kelly, McKinnon and Mendes,
lessees Of the Connor mine, completed
their whim hoisting machinery Saturday
noon last, and an the "last spike" was
driven in the trap-door the fat went
forth: Boys, this is not so grand hoist
ing works rs many OF you have been
arougd; but it's pretty good for poor
man, and We intend to open it with cere-
monies according 10 ITS significance. We
would like 20 sec you at our cabin to-
morrow, Christmas, noon" We went,
and there tackled half Il dozen Of Mrs.
Buckley's fatfest tchieken--tthey were pur-
chased); plenty OF fresh eggs feag-nog) a
plum-duf la Mendes that would make
a sailor brave a cyclone, (egg-nog) and
many COOL things which have not tasted
for so long forgot their names, (more
nog) and in a short time it was nothing
but nog. II there are any two days in
the year on which a miner gives himself
entirely up to all the good things obtain
able and runs" until
Tired nature seeks its sweet re.,orer, balmy
sleep"
1t is Christmas and Fourth OF July.
These boys have driven their shaft down
rs feet, and croaksrs, not miners, say
they are rather rash to 30 to the expense
Of whim. Let me say that Kelly and
McRinnon have done more work in every
part Of the Connor mine than any other
two men. and ii is safe assertion TO say
they know more about the mine than
does the company who own it. They
don't expect to strike pay ore at less than
100 feet, and it's a sensible thing to dis
card the windlass and turn the hosting
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